The daughter of a general is reborn to save the whole family of the marquis

Runxue personally took Guyu to the door of Yan's shop to check the situation, only to see long queues in front of the six Yan's shops in Qingyang City.

When the people left, they were all holding bags full of food, talking and laughing.

"Yan's shop is really our savior. They just gave me an extra handful of rice."

"Yes, yes. When those unscrupulous merchants sold rice before, they would take a handful less out of a pound of rice, and would take back every extra grain of rice."

They almost emptied out all the silver they had left and used it all to stockpile rice. Autumn was ending and winter was about to arrive, so they had to stockpile rice or they would surely starve.

Now that food prices have dropped, they will be less hungry and can get through the winter by gritting their teeth.

"Everything will be fine next year." Many people thought so, with hope on their faces and determined eyes.

Qingyang City is slowly coming back to life, not because of aid from the imperial court, not because of disaster relief from Prince Cheng and his wife, but because the price of grain at the Yan family shop is unprecedentedly cheap.

"I heard that the price of grain in Yan's shop is actually to take care of us disaster victims whose homes were destroyed. The price of grain in other places is not so low."

"Indeed, my brother-in-law does business in Shengjing City. He said that the price of grain in Shengjing City this year is 90 coins per stone."

"My son-in-law and his family live in Yong'an City. They came back and told me that the price of grain there is 100 coins per stone."

This kind of word spread among the people, so that everyone who came to Yan's shop to buy food was satisfied and tried their best to stockpile as much food as possible to cope with the coming cold winter.

Runxue took Guyu and checked back and forth between the six shops of the Yan family. It took her two full days. Just by looking with her eyes, without the need for specific data, she was sure that Chu Heyi had more than 80,000 shi of grain.

Moreover, they have been selling food in such large quantities for two days, and there is no sign of food shortage.

Runxue guessed that 80,000 shi of grain multiplied by ten might be the amount of grain in Chu Heyi's hands.

She was cheated.

Maybe the two people who brought her the message deceived her.

Or perhaps the two men were also deceived by Chu Heyi, as Chu Heyi did not let them know how much food she actually had.

Before coming to Qingyang City, she had learned about the specific situation of Qingyang City from relevant books and knew that the annual grain demand of this state was about 150 million shi.

If Chu Heyi had 68 shi of grain in her hands, and she lowered the price to coins per shi, then she would not only not make any money from the one million shi of grain she had stockpiled, but would also suffer huge losses.

Thinking of this, Runxue's blood surged up, and a fishy and sweet taste rose in her throat. She clenched her fists and forced the surging blood down.

"Guyu, no matter what method you use, you must find out for me how much grain Chu Heyi actually has." Runxue's voice was extremely cold, and her eyes seemed to be filled with ice.

Guyu bowed and responded solemnly.

Before she could investigate, Chu Heyi spread the word to the people: "We at the Yan's shop have a total of 105 million dan of grain. Don't worry if you don't have money. You can save up money and buy more. There is enough grain, and the price will not increase until it is sold out."

After this news spread, people felt relieved and no longer worried about food shortages and rising food prices.

Runxue didn't believe it and still asked Guyu to investigate. It turned out that the number Guyu brought back was exactly the same as the one Chu Heyi had passed on.

There was actually more than she thought. Runxue closed her eyes gently, her face pale.

When did Chu Heyi take action? Why was she able to stockpile so much food before the earthquake and sell it at such a low price?

She knew that the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion was not short of money, but so much grain would require an investment of several million taels of silver. Could it be that the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion would give all the silver to her?

You have to know that she was able to allow Lei Yushan to stockpile so much food, all relying on the money earned from the Forget-Your-Sorrow Wine in Shengjing City.

...By the way, Chu Heyi also has a Zuixian Winery, and the market share he and Jun Ge occupy covers all the prefectures outside Shengjing City. Chu Heyi earns much more money than her.

If not for this, she wouldn't have to go to so much trouble to come to Qingyang City to make this windfall.

Runxue took a deep breath and opened her eyes. There was murderous intent in her eyes and her whole body was filled with murderous aura.

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In the evening, at the door of Yan's shop, Chu Heyi, dressed in red, was maintaining order in selling grain with the guards. Suddenly, she noticed a cold gaze falling on her.

She turned around and saw Runxue in white walking towards her.

Chu Heyi stood there, looking at her leisurely.

"Princess Cheng'an, long time no see. Can we talk for a moment?" Runxue's face was cold and expressionless.

She walked to a secluded place away from the crowd, and Chu Heyi followed her and stood in front of her.

Runxue said, "I have a question in my mind, and I hope the Cheng'an County Lord can answer it."

Chu Heyi said: "You say."

Runxue stared into her eyes and said, "When King Cheng broke off the engagement, he already compensated you. I am not a member of the Chu family, but I have occupied your identity for fifteen years. In the end, you drove me out of the Chu family and ruined my reputation. My husband and I have paid back what we owe you. Why do you still oppose us everywhere? I really don't understand."

Chu Heyi asked, "When did I always oppose you?"

Runxue looked around and saw that there were only her and Chu Heyi here, so she had nothing to worry about.

"The Forget-Your-Worry Wine from Shenxiang Winery is mine. I worked so hard for it that I forgot to eat and sleep. But you launched Zuixian Winery and Yujunge, completely stealing my business.

"The grain in Lei Yushan's hands was also hoarded by me. We sold it for 150 coins per stone, but you also hoarded grain and sold it for 68 coins per stone. You are pushing Lei Yushan and me into death."

Runxue took a deep breath and suddenly spoke sharply: "I grew up in the Chu family, and I have never seen anyone in the Chu family as cruel and vicious as you!"